European Campaign for Waste Reduction
THE ACR+ EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN FOR WASTE REDUCTION
ACR+’s challenge for the next few years is a European prevention campaign aiming to bring about commitments in favour of waste prevention both at local and the European scale, via:
- Line of action 1: the in-depth gathering of Local and Regional authorities’ experiences and information
- Line of action 2: the set-up of CLUSTERS OF EXPERTS to elaborate indicators
- Line of action 3: the creation of partnerships among public authorities to implement waste prevention on the ground
- Line of action 4: the creation of a EUROPEAN WEEK FOR WASTE REDUCTION.
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This Europe-wide Campaign for waste reduction is based on the ambitious but well-founded target of reducing our municipal waste by 100 kg per inhabitant and per year. This objective is theoretically achievable by working on the four main municipal waste streams and developing a range of convincing waste prevention practices based on experience.
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Actions for the 4
flows
Amount (kg) Potential
waste Potential
reduction
reduction
CO2
(kg/inhab./year)*
(kg/inhab/year)**
Organic waste
:
220
40
57
Promote composting at source
(at home, local, in green spaces..)
180
30
11
Fight against food
waste
30
8
27
Promote reusable
nappies
10 2
19
Paper
waste:
100
15
16
Fight against unwanted
flyers
or
newspapers
20
5
5
Encourage dematerialisation
(schools and
offices)
80
10
11
Packaging
:
150
25 30
Choose products whose
packaging can be
returned
35
12
7
Promote tap water
6
2
4
Develop reusable
bags
2 1
2
Fight against
over-packaging
107 10 17
Bulky or other waste
:
130
20 57
Promote reuse of
clothes
8
4
37
Promote reuse of furniture,
WEEE, toys, other bulky
waste
110
13
>20
Fight against excess
buying
12
3 NI
TOTALS
600
100
>
160
* Sources : Internal working groups 2006
– ACR+
** GHG Balance of Prevention Actions, RDC for IBGE-Bruxelles
Environnement, January 2007
The “-100 kg European Campaign for Waste Reduction” is
based on the following assumptions:
• LRA’s are key actors for Waste
reduction
• LRA’s are main beneficiary of Waste
reduction
• Waste reduction is an essential component of
Sustainable Development
• Waste reduction is possible
• Waste reduction can be significant
• Waste reduction can be cost-efficient
But it is certainly not a question of launching a mathematical campaign between cities and regions. Simply, all the campaign’s participants shall :
- affirm that they share the conviction that a series of preventative actions, carried out conscientiously on a theoretical mass of 600 kg per inhabitant per year, have a theoretical reduction of quantities of waste of around 100 kg per inhabitant and per year;
- commit themselves to a practical demonstration of this conviction and put into place a series of actions from those suggested by ACR+ as having the potential to bring about waste reduction.
The towns and regions who participate in the campaign benefit from it in several ways :
- Visibility at European level
- The possibility of developing prevention actions together with other towns or regions, and of sharing information, competencies, infrastructure and budgets
- Technical support for the prevention actions, especially through access to information and exchanging experiences
- The possibility of presenting their actions in the field of prevention on ACR+ website, in the section “European Campaign for waste prevention”.
HOW TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN?
All ACR+ Members are welcome to participate actively in the Campaign. They benefit from the various outputs, such as the Campaign Handbook for Waste Reduction, the working papers of the clusters of experts, the partnerships opportunities, etc.
PATRONAGE COMMITTEE
The ACR+ European Campaign for Waste Reduction "- kg" is supported by a number of political representatives across Europe.
Take a look at the List of Patrons.
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SUPPORT INFORMATION
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CLUSTERS OF EXPERTS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Gabriela Collado - mgc@acrplus.org - Tel
+32 2 234 65 05
Olivier De Clercq - odc@acrplus.org - Tel +32 2 234 65
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